Great for you ger kids zoo is ok

Had an amazing family day. Excellent for young kids. Expensive but worth the money

Great zoo and fun park for little kids. It’s proper area for looking all around and do activities. Friendly staffs, lovely animals. Food and souvenia are reasonable price. I definitely will come back again and again. :-)

My daughter was a keeper for the day on her birthday, and she loved it. It was one to one, so she got to do everything herself. She prepared food for some of the animals, cleaned them out, and fed some too. It was a full day, and she learnt a lot from Carla about how to care, look after, and handle the animals. The staff were very friendly and included her in a lot of things. Afterwards, she enjoyed the facilities of the park and attractions.

We had a lovely family day with you on Saturday, your staff were great, the food was lovely and the park was very tidy and well maintained. Thank you for helping us make memories.

Great zoo, lots for kids to do

We have been members for years and have had lots of memorable days out as a family

Never a let down. Always a great day out

It very good

What a great place to visit, I went with my family and the kids all loved it even my eldest daughter who is 19. We booked online and show our e ticket when we arrived the kids loved all the animals and the play areas. The rides a great for the younger kids, there is plenty to see and do when you are there. The restaurants are quite reasonable on their pricing we all had food and there was 6 of us and it was under £60. All in it's a great day out

Amazing day out, for the whole family

Visited today with our 3 1/2 year old son. We all loved it! So much to see and do and all of the staff were really friendly and helpful. Lots of animals to see and fun quizzes and activities along the way. Lunch selection in the cafe was great - spoilt for choice with hot and cold choices including a great salad cart. Will definitely return again soon!

My friend had won a ticket so three of us went to Drusillas. It had changed a lot in the close to 20 years since I had been previously. It was definitely an attraction for children with many playground activities. Sadly there were only two meerkats making an appearance. Didn't particularly like having to follow their path around. Don't like bats! The lemurs were fun, especially at feeding time. The prices in the restaurant were lower than I thought they would be. The jacket potato is a particularly good deal as it includes the salad bar.

Expensive, but worth every penny for a day out with young children.

Fantastic day out, lots of animals, lots of information and lots to do.<br>We were holidaying in Hastings, well worth the drive over.

We visited on our way to Camber Sands. This place is fantastic for Adults and Children. Our little one loved it. Plenty of things for the children to discover and do along the way round the zoo trail. There's a Zoo Olympics, Spotting stamps, and other things to keep the little ones entertained, and interested.
The added bonus was the play area which offered lots of different slides, climbing frames, and rides, and all included in the price.
If you're in the area with children, I can't recommend this place enough.

Had a lovely day at the park

Went here while away with the kids for a week (aged 2 and 10months ).
Well this place is lovely plenty of animals for the kids to see. Especially monkeys. Love that you can walk through some of the animal enclosures.
Then there are 2 fantastic parks for the kids to play on one for under 5 and one for over 5's. There is also indoor soft play and a splash park area. After that we took a ride on the train which my 2 year old loved and then came the maze and the rides.
The only negative is the rides aren't all manned so they only go at certain times. Which wasn't a problem while we were there as wasn't busy but could be a pain the the school holidays.

I however wish I lived close enough to this play to buy an annual pass as for the park areas alone it would be well worth it.
Bring something like this to Essex please.

Used our Tesco Vouchers to have a pleasant day out with the little ones now the school aged children are back at it. While not everything was open the lack of crowds allowed us to have a great day and picnic out. We like the picture book to collect stamps in having sighted the relevant animal which discourages the children from rushing straight to the rides.

For the third year in a row, my soon to be 12 year old daughter, asked to do Zookeeper for the day as a treat for her birthday. We couldn't have asked for a better experience or a nicer person to spend the day with. Julie is patient, interesting and informative and always makes our daughter's day a special one. We'll be back again next year.

To be fair it was quite expensive and we were reluctant to go.
However nearly everything was included once you were inside and it had lots of things to see and do.
Highly recommend it!

I visited Drusillas this weekend (Saturday 9th September) with my niece and nephew. I live in East Sussex and when I was younger I visited with my family a lot. I will breakdown my review into sections for a long read but for a smaller read here goes...

Drusillas is a wonderful experience and if you make the most of the facilities there, it is brilliant (we were there from 11:30 to avoid queues and didn't leave until closing!). The kids were tired (bonus for us!) but thoroughly enjoyed their day which is what matters. It is expensive but prices are clear so you can't complain too much. Some areas are in need of an update as they are still the same from when I was little but overall the Zoo was a really enjoyable day out with vast amounts of information about the zoo and animals. The activities to do around the zoo and play area are really fun for kids.

Value for money:
We had booked tickets online as there is a small discount compared to paying on the door. I feel that the price of a family of 4 is expensive and although I understand costs for licences, animal welfare, repairs, staffing, energy and water are expensive, I do believe that bigger savings could be made on the website and costs could be lower. We paid £68.00 (usually £76.00, a saving through booking online was £8.00). We were offered a guide book for £2.50 which we didn't purchase. We also spent money at the Safari Cafe another £20 for two kids meals and some chips for us two adults which we felt what quite highly priced. The gift shop is also expensive (which is to be expected) but saying that there are a variety of items to choose from including things like pens and pencils that cheaper than the stuffed animals! The price of the extra activities is extremely expensive and I feel this should be included in the ticket price. Panning for gold, Dino Dig and the Penguin slide were the extra costs at around £4+ each. Saying that Hello Kitty's Secret Gardens is free as are the Safari rides and train.

Staff:
The staff there were all friendly and brilliant with kids. There were plenty of cleaners roaming around constantly picking up trays and rubbish and clearing picnic tables etc.

Animals:
The animals look well looked after and seem to have lots of things to do. Some were sleeping which the kids were upset at but after explaining that they are wild animals and need sleep just like us they were less upset! I wouldn't expect a keeper to go in and prod the animal just for our amusement! They have a variety of animals from Gibbons to Rabbits and almost everything in between! There are no big cats or big animals like elephants etc. but with over 100 species of animals to see you can't complain there isn't anything to see!

Activities:
They LOVED the fact they could tick off the boxes when they saw the animals as they went round the zoo. There was lots of information that they could read which was simple enough for a 5 and 9 year old to understand but was also interesting enough for adults to enjoy too. The zoo has walk around area with a couple of animals where you can go into the enclosures which both of the children loved. They have huge outdoor areas which the kids described as "the most humongous amazing place to play" so that was a hit! They also have a smaller indoor soft play area which they spent a good hour in! A small splash area is available too. They have a maze which the children liked but a lot of the interactive things in the maze weren't functioning which is a shame. They also had hello kitty rides and safari rides which were free and the children loved them! There is almost everything you can think of! Face painting, temporary tattoos and hair braids are £4+ each which I felt was a little pricey. There is the train which is free but myself and the children would have liked to have seen more things or have other interactions whilst going round and it was a little slow going round. There are tones of activities for the children to do but little for adults to do so I am sure every child will find at least one thing they would like.

Food:
Was a tad expensive for what it was but the quality of the food was fine and service was quick.

Any other:
There are lots of gift shops dotted around and there was a staff member in the toy shop in particular who was fantastic with kids and adult alike! I am kicking myself for not getting his name but he was fantastic and I really can't sing his praises high enough!

I feel the zoo could to with a lick of paint here and there and also a refurb or redecoration of some areas due to them being really old and shabby looking. I also feel the price could go down a little due to it being so expensive. Overall the visit to Drusillas was a really pleasant one and we would come again.

- 2t

Always have a fabulous day here,loads to do to keep the little ones busy!!! Great animals and play areas 😉

Great fun all round